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As per order of the court in the case of the Gorham Mfg. Co. et al., vs. Stilson-Collins Jewelry Co. et al., Atlanta, Ga. A. P. Stewart, as receiver, will receive bids for the sale of the stock of goods and accounts in his hands. These bids must be in by 9 o’clock A. M., March 21, and must be for the whole of the stock of goods and accounts in bulk.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 18th March 1896

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Silverware designed for the Hotel Commodore (now Grand Hyatt New York), Pershing Square, New York:

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The Gorham Co. - New York - 1921

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The Gorham Co. has received through G. J. Kray, San Antonio, Tex., the award for the silverware for the new Hotel Gunter, to be opened in that place. The contract will amount to $28,000.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 30th June 1909

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It is stated that the order recently received by the Gorham Mfg. Co., of Providence, R.I., for the silverware for the new Hotel Biltmore of New York City will amount to practically $100,000.

Source: The Brass World and Platers' Guide - December 1913

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PROVIDENCE

George C. Richter and Victor F. Richter have formed the Richter Mfg. Co., with a place of business at 33 Canal St., where it will do electro depositing of gold and silver upon glassware by a new process whereby the deposit remains attached to the glass. Both members of the firm have had long experience with the Gorham Mfg. Co. in the designing and enameling departments.


Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 4th August 1909

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Gorham - New York - 1924

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Elinor Loraine Beattie, who was recently brought here from London to answer a charge of obtaining a quantity of silverware from the Gorham Co., Fifth Ave. and 36th St., by representing herself to be a well-known customer of the firm, was released from the Tombs, Friday, in $1,750 bail, pending her trial. The bail was at first placed at $3,000, but was later reduced. Judge Crain, of the Court of General Sessions, accepted the bond, which was given by the National Surety Co. Miss Beattie was located through the agency of a caricature made of her by one of the employes of the Gorham Co. while she was purchasing goods at that establishment. Detectives learned that she had left the city and she was traced to London, England, where she was arrested and extradited.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 13th October 1909

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COLONEL JAMES TIBBITTS PEARCE BUCKLIN, son of William and Mary (Church) Bucklin, was born at the Bucklin homestead, at what is now known as No. 8 Arnold street, March 5, 1836, the youngest of the family of thirteen children. He received a liberal education in the schools of his native city, and subsequently served an apprenticeship to the trade of silversmith with the Gorham Manufacturing Company. At the outbreak of the war of the Rebellion, in 1861, when the first call was made by the President for troops to preserve our National unity, the spirit of patriotism found a ready response in the heart of James T. P. Bucklin, who enlisted in the 1st Rhode Island Regiment, Detached Militia, for three months' service. The regiment left Providence between the 20th and 24th of April, 1861, the first detachment under Col. A. E. Burnside, and the second under Lieut.-Col. Joseph S. Pittman. They arrived in Washington and bivouacked on the site of the present patent office, and went into quarters at Camp Sprague. The battle of Bull Run was soon fought, and although it proved disastrous to the Nation's cause this regiment made an honorable record, and after its term of service returned home, bearing its wounded and its rent and battered flags. At the call for volunteers to serve three years, Mr. Bucklin is credited with raising Company A, the first company raised and taken to Camp Greene, which was situated between Olneyville and Appomaug, and which resulted in the organization of one of the crack regiments, the 4th Rhode Island Volunteers, which was organized by Col. Johnston I. McCarthy, of the regular army. Among the officers of the 4th Rhode Island appeared the name of Second Lieutenant James T. P. Bucklin. This regiment, like the preceding ones, received many tokens of regard from the citizens of Providence, among these being two beautiful stands of colors, presented by the loyal ladies of this city. On Oct. 2, 1861, the regiment broke camp, reached Washington on the 6th, and took temporary quarters at Camp Sprague, afterward removing to Casey. The Colonel with his command, paid his respects to the President on the 11th of October, and on the following day the regiment was received by General Casey, who expressed surprise and pleasure at their soldierly appearance. This command, like those preceding it from Rhode Island, contested many a hard-fought battlefield, and whether experiencing defeat or victory, their heroism knew no abatement. The hosts of illustrious names from Rhode Island were indelibly stamped upon the pages of Congressional record, surrounded with a halo of glory that grows brighter and brighter with each succeeding generation. James T. P. Bucklin is the youngest in years in the State to hold the rank of major during the War of 1861, and his commission is the oldest dated Major's commission. At the battle of Bull Run he was acting first sergeant, and was engaged in the battles of Roanoke Island, Newbern, Fort Macon, South Mountain, Antietam, first battle of Fredericksburg, Siege of Suffolk, Hill's Point, Petersburg, at the explosion of the mine July 30, 1864, in front of Petersburg, and Weldon Railroad. During many of the battles, Major Bucklin was in command of the regiment, and assumed command after Lieut.Col. Buffum had been taken prisoner at Petersburg, July 30, 1864. He continued in command until after his return with the regiment to Rhode Island. His official war record is as follows: Sergeant Co. A, 1st Reg. R. I. Detached Militia, April 17, 1861; enrolled May 2, 1861; mustered, Aug. 2, 1861; mustered out Sept. 2, 1861; went into Camp Greene as second lieutenant, Co. A, 4th R. I., Sept. 12, 1861 ; mustered in Nov. 20, 1861; promoted first lieutenant, Dec. 7, 1861; transferred from Co. A to Co. E, April 30, 1862; promoted captain and transferred to Co. H, June 11, 1862; promoted major, Jan. 9, 1863; July, 1863, on detached service, and placed in command at New Haven, Conn., of the company of conscripts from Rhode Island and Connecticut, and so continued until December, 1863. His duties here made it necessary to take the men the entire distance from New Haven to the Rapidan, in order to deliver them to their respective regiments, a fact which speaks well for Major Bucklin and his assistant officers, to succeed in taking a detachment of 265 men to the front with a loss of but two men. In the spring of 1864 he obtained a ten days’ leave of absence, to return to his home to attend the funeral of his father, whose death occurred March 15, 1864. He remained in the recruiting service until May, 1864. In August, 1864, he was absent on sick leave, but assumed command of the regiment upon his return, and on Oct. 15, 1864, was mustered out. On March 25, 1867, he was brevetted lieutenant-colonel of U. S. Vols., and on March 26, 1867, brevetted colonel for faithful and meritorious service, these brevets to date from March 13, 1865.

No man ever endeared himself to his men any more than did Colonel Bucklin. His exact justice secured their unlimited confidence, while his kindness of heart won their love. He proved himself unselfish, frank, generous and manly, in all the qualities of life; a patriot during the years of the Rebellion, and an honored citizen ever since. After the war he went to Chicago, and entered the employ of the Northwestern Silverware Company, and was in the Custom House for some ten years as weigher and measurer. After his return to Providence he established a blacksmithing business at the corner of Bridge and South Main streets, which he successfully conducted for a period of three years, when he sold out to accept the position of harbor master, in which he served from 1885 to 1890. In 1893 he was appointed inspector of provisions, and served in that capacity until 1896, and in 1898 he was again made harbor master; and has been twice re-elected since.

Colonel Bucklin has always been an active Republican, and has won the approbation of his party for his efficient and faithful devotion to its principles. He is a member of the Loyal Legion, and for twelve years has been quartermaster of Rodman Post, No. 12, G. A. R., and in 1904 was commander; is a member of the Veteran Firemen's Association; of the Athletic Association; and of the Corinthian Yacht Club.

On June 25, 1865, Colonel Bucklin was married to Miss Hannah Hathaway, daughter of Dennis and Elizabeth Presby Hathaway White, and of one of the most representative families of Fall River, Mass. On the paternal side Mrs. Bucklin is a lineal descendant of Peregrine White, the first white child born after the landing of the Pilgrims on Plymouth Rock. Col. Bucklin and wife have one daughter, Abby Robinson, now the wife of Henry L. Slater, who is identified with the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company.


Source: Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island - 1908

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An advertisement from Index Visible, Inc., of New Haven, Connecticut, stating that they supply the credit account systems for the Gorham Interests:

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Index Visible, Inc. - New Haven, Conn. - 1923

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The Gorham Mfg. Co. is making the dies for the official bronze medals to be awarded to exhibitors at the Alaska-Yukon Exposition. These will be three inches in diameter, about an eighth of an inch in thickness, and the 5,000 that will be required will have an aggregate weight of about a ton and a half.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 10th November 1909

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The Gorham Co. has on exhibition in the Maiden Lane store the fine loving cup recently illustrated in The Jewelers’ Circular-Weekly which was made for Richard Croker and given by him as a prize for the yacht winning the annual ocean race to Cape May. It was won by the Tammany.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 17th November 1909

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John McPherson Stole 100 Pounds of Silver from the Gorham Mfg. Co.

Providence, R. I., June 1.—John McPherson, 25 years of age, and employed for the last four years in the melting department of the Gorham Mfg. Co.,was arrested by the detective force to-day on a charge of stealing bullion from his employers. When arrested he had in his possession silver
bars weighing 19 pounds, and in his room at 43 Redwing St. were found bars weighing 16 pounds more. Altogether, he has stolen probably 100 pounds of the valuable metal worth about $900. He admits his guilt, but refuses to tell where the remainder of the bullion is, only saying that it has been sent out of the city.

McPherson has been stealing for the past six months. He was employed in the melting room as one of the night force, and worked there up to 2 o’clock this morning, when he left, claiming that he burned his right eye by a spatter of metal.

The silver, as it comes to the melters, is placed in large crucibles, and when in a molten state run into long narrow bars which much resemble bars of plumber's solder in size and appearance. The molten silver left over after the bar molds are filled is poured into smaller molds about a foot long, six inches wide and an inch thick, and into still smaller molds about three inches square.

McPherson’s method was to take one of these small molds when leaving work in the morning and slip it into his pocket. The force of melters being only three or four in number he was able to do this for some time without detection, although a comparison of the weight of the silver given to the melting room with that returned, showed a shortage about once in every week or two.


Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 5th June 1895

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GORHAM MFG. CO.

Owing to the opposition of former Vice-President Robinson of this company to the plan voted on favorably by stockholders on May 1, last, looking to the amalgamation of the Gorham Mfg. Co., the Whiting Mfg. Co.,the William B. Durgin Co., and the Silversmiths' Co., with a holding company to be known as the Silversmiths' Co., it is about to be abandoned. The Gorham stockholders will vote at a special meeting to be held August 1 on the question of abandoning the plan. It will be remembered that in May last Judge Brown of the United States Circuit Court at Providence, on application of Mr. Robinson, granted a preliminary injunction restraining the exchange of Gorham stock for that of the Silversmiths' Co. By reason of this injunction and on the advice of counsel the management has decided to abandon the merger.

The stockholders are informed by circular that the company has received a definite and reliable offer for the stocks of the Whiting, Durgin, Kerr and Silversmiths' companies, which it owns, of not less than $1,627,440, upon the condition that if the purchase is made at these figures all the Gorham stockholders, without distinction or class, may participate in the purchase pro rata according to present holdings.


Source: United States Investor - 28th June 1906

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PHILADELPHIA

The local office of the Gorham Co. has removed from the Widener building to the new Jefferson building.


Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 14th November 1923

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The Gorham Company - New York - 1919

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The suit recently brought by Hugh J. Sheridan against the Gorham Mfg. Co. has been appealed by the plaintiff. He sued for damages resulting from a fall from a ladder in the defendant’s shops, alleging that spikes supposed to hold the ladder in place at its foot had become useless. The judge who heard the original action found that the plaintiff was in better position to know the condition of the spikes than the defendant, and accordingly decided for the defendant. Hence the appeal.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 10th April 1907

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The handsome bronze tablet unveiled at the Broad St. carhouse of the Rhode Island Co. in this city last Monday, dedicated to the men who went from that barn into the country's service during the war, was cast by the Gorham Mfg. Co.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 21st May 1919

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Edmund A. Truelove, with the Gorham Mfg. Co., has sold to Joseph J. Cooke a lot of land with improvements thereon on the south side of Lenox Ave.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 25th October 1911

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